MIAMI — Over the last seven seasons, the Nationals have had 18 chances to beat Anibal Sanchez. And they're 0-for-18 against the Marlins right-hander. Perhaps the 19th time will be the charm.

Sanchez (7-0, 2.10 ERA in those 18 starts) will be on the mound tonight at Marlins Park, facing a Nationals club that would certainly like to bounce back from yesterday's 5-3 loss and avoid clinching only their fourth series loss of the season (they previously lost to the Dodgers, Pirates and Orioles). Edwin Jackson, who despite his 3.38 ERA this season remarkably has only one win (that complete-game, two-hitter against the Reds), gets the start for Davey Johnson.

The Nationals will have a new player on their bench, Jhonatan Solano, who becomes the fifth different catcher on the roster already this year. And, in a nice twist of fate, Solano's brother Donovan was just called up by the Marlins last week.

djinfl… it was an enjoyable game until Bo Porter or Davey forgot to tell Bryce, to take until the clown on the mound throws a strike, instead of have him swing at 3 balls in a row that were all balls and it was enjoyable until Zimmerman's second game in a row with a weak and hapless at bat with the bases loaded!

Oh – they may have told him. He was all of his 19 years old in that at bat. We haven't had one of our patented , come from behind, late inning heroics wins in a while, have we? That would be so sweet. I kind of thought that might be cooking in the 8th, but, no…